Christine Otto was originally hired as make-up artist, then she get a small role as "Wahrsagerin".
Peter Bechtel had to cut the costs by using his own house for scenes with the fortuneteller.
Yvo René Scharfs character name was originally Eric Anthony Phillips, a reference to Cyber Tracker (1994), but it was decided that he plays the son of Udo Molls character, and the name was changed to Erik Hase.